中文EspañolWhere would you arrive through a tunnel to the opposite side on Earth?

ANTIPODES PROJECT
China · Mongolia· Russia | Argentina · Chile

Antipode, from Greek ἀντίποδες: ἀντί:“opposite” and ποδες: “foot” and also “opposite foot” in Chinese (对跖点) is the opposite point on Earth’s surface, the farthest. Two points that are antipodal to each other are connected by a straight line running through the centre of the Earth.

There are very few places on Earth in coincidence with another landmass, i.e. not covered by oceans. Almost the only coincidences in the whole world exist between China, Mongolia and Russia on one side and Argentina and Chile on the other. Whereas coincidences between urban areas are almost nonexistent, we have found a remarkable match between two cities.

Only 4% of the Earth’s surface has its antipodes on landmass.

We plan to install interactive portals – in the fashion of advertising street furniture – with cameras and screens on both sides: one displaying a view of the city on its antipodes and the other of people approaching the twin device. Additionally, the portals will be used to broadcast attractive contents related to culture, cuisine, language and companies of each place. We thus expect to connect people from these five countries in order to boost businesses and strengthen cultural and commercial bonds with a minimum investment in infrastructure.

Portals connecting people of different cities in the world.

Screen and webcam on the street that streams images to its antipodes in real time.

Instant and effective cultural exchange through a playful and fun platform that challenges the usual forms of spatial relation and breaks the representation of distance by placing shortcuts between the two farthest points on Earth.

The transmission of the cameras will be streamed online and the communication will be enhanced with

broadcast of original content

mobile apps

exhibitions

programmes of exchange between antipodal schools or other institutions

– Antipodes Project was declared of cultural, educative and economic interest by the Council of the City of Gálvez in October 2016.– The City Counsillor of Gálvez, Oscar San Martino and the Mayor, Mario Fissore, along with the political and cultural community of the city are interested in the project and in establishing cultural bonds with Nánjīng.– Both directors of the 877 school of Gálvez and of Zhonghua school of Nánjīng were visited by team members of Antipodes Project and they are aware that their schools are in exact antipodes one another.